Extra everything, Pt. 4 - _TNY_9719
My wife found this sexy larvae of the rusty tussock moth (Orgyia antiqua) munching away inside the foliage of a purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria). It really looks like the design team went all-in on the styling on this one!
Pt. 1: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/29075701475/
Pt. 2: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/33674624312/
Pt. 3: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/43338786185/
A photo of the adult male moth (with impressive fur and antennae) can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/20748254344
The adult guys become beautiful moths with impressive antennae, but the girls are wingless and spend their entire life next to the cocoon, waiting for a male to find it so they can mate before she lays here eggs right there and die.
Extra everything, Pt. 4 - _TNY_9719
My wife found this sexy larvae of the rusty tussock moth (Orgyia antiqua) munching away inside the foliage of a purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria). It really looks like the design team went all-in on the styling on this one!
Pt. 1: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/29075701475/
Pt. 2: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/33674624312/
Pt. 3: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/43338786185/
A photo of the adult male moth (with impressive fur and antennae) can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/20748254344
The adult guys become beautiful moths with impressive antennae, but the girls are wingless and spend their entire life next to the cocoon, waiting for a male to find it so they can mate before she lays here eggs right there and die.